The government is making a big push for electric vehicles. The growth forecast is high and the policy is clear. However, the uptake will depend on the ability of the state governments to create charging infrastructure. The policy field was cleared last year. The ministry of power clarified in Apr 2018 that charging stations do […]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that it will invest $50 million in Indian renewable energy independent power producer Avaada Energy Private Limited. Avaada aims to use the capital to expand its solar energy generation capacity in India. The ADB and Avaada entered into an agreement which was signed by the chairman of the […]

Recognized as one the leading mining nations in the world Polish government has prepared ‘West Bengal Project’ that was discussed recently during Bengal Global Business Summit. Poland was partner country of the summit for a third time in a row. Poland looks for collaboration with both PSUs and the biggest private players. During a recent […]

India’s SpiceJet Ltd could benefit from cash-strapped Jet Airways being forced to ground planes, and the low-cost carrier is in talks with lessors to lease some of those aircraft, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Shares of SpiceJet rose as much as 7.2 percent on Wednesday in their biggest percentage gain […]

Indian companies are welcome to participate in Indonesia’s infrastructure projects, particularly in the Aceh province, as the island nation makes development a priority, a senior minister has said. Addressing a gathering of chief executives of the Indian companies at the 2nd India-Indonesia Infrastructure Forum (IIIF) in Jakarta, country’s Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar […]

Category: Roads

Residents of developing sectors along the Dwarka Expressway on Sunday held a protest against the blockade set up on the Northern Peripheral Road (NPR) and the delay in shifting the Kherki Daula toll plaza. The protesters also paid tribute to the CRPF personnel who were killed in an attack in Pulwama. Over 150 protesters, carrying […]

After dismantling the 98-year-old Delisle road overbridge at Lower Parel station on Sunday, the Western Railway (WR) has planned to reconstruct the portion of the bridge running parallel to the railway tracks. The reconstruction work has been made open to bids and is expected to begin in a few months.

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Wednesday said the exemption on paying the environment compensation charge (ECC) will be extended to commercial vehicles only after they obtain RFID (radio-frequency identification system) tags after getting themselves registered at designated centres.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials have said that they have a target of March-end to complete all work related to Phase-III of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway — connecting Dasna in Ghaziabad with Hapur. The official deadline for completion of phase-III, however, is June, 2019.

The new bridge over river Yamuna, parallel to the Kalindi Kunj barrage, was supposed to end the perennial jams on the route linking Noida with Delhi. Even though the bridge was thrown open to traffic by chief minister Yogi Adityanath on January 25, little has changed for commuters, who still have to contend with hours-long […]

The Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway concessionaire—Millennium City Expressway Private Limited (MCEPL) — on Monday was prevented from affixing grills at the Dwarka Expressway site, from where a wall was razed on January 25, by the police which cited a flare-up.

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that the Centre has sanctioned projects worth Rs 50,000 crore to decongest Delhi and save it from air pollution, which has become a serious problem. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led Central government is likely to inaugurate a number of road infrastructure projects.

With the Delhi-Gurgaon highway concessionaire threatening to close the Northern Peripheral Road (NPR) and the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) on Monday after it secures a written order from the Delhi High Court, the residents of the developing sectors of New Gurugram said that they would launch a protest movement if this happens.

The government is making a big push for electric vehicles. The growth forecast is high and the policy is clear. However, the uptake will depend on the ability of the state governments to create charging infrastructure. The policy field was cleared last year. The ministry of power clarified in Apr 2018 that charging stations do […]